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Profile of Figure

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight lines, speed and some shaded. Study figure representing oriented profile to the left occupying almost the entire stand area. The figure is to kind of cloth covering the front part of her forehead. Aquiline nose, bulging eye looking forward to it, suggesting lines on the face wrinkle. Parted lips and chin straight. Side sees what could be part of the cloth that covers her forehead and then fallen straight hair.

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  • Title: Profile of Figure
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1945
  • Physical Dimensions: w8.7 x h10.2cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: crayon
  • Signature: Signed at bottom edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5268
  • Notes: Support affixed to red cardboard.
  • Function: Study
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2371
Projeto Portinari

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